I was
never a rose person. I have the urge to stay away from the
routine - Well, so do many!! Anyways, when I usually bought
flowers, (you guessed right!!) - I never used to buy roses.
My favorites have always been lillies, daisies or tulips.
Somehow, I have always thought that lillies and tulips possess
an elegant and subtle form of expression - something majestic,
if I may add.
So, as
you can imagine - I started wondering as to when, why and
how people started using flowers as expressions of love, romance
and other emotions. Flowers, as my opening statements in the
home page state, have been used to adorn Gods (by the Greeks
and the Indians) to signify respect. Flowers seem to have
been used by emperors (Caeser and the Roman use of the olive
crowns) and rulers as part of jewellery (probably again signifying
respect) and are presently used as messengers of human emotions.
Flowers
seem to have developed a language of their own. Red Roses
are generally attributed to love, passion and romance. Roses
seem to be the eternal favorite in the United States, United
Kingdom and many other countries world wide.
Besides
the meanings of flowers, this site provides some suggestions
and reviews of florists to purchase flowers from, some suggestions
on flower preservation methods and some other general links.
If you have a similar site and would like to be included in
our link index, please email me and I will be happy to add
you to our list.
Your feedback,
if any, would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
